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Demi Lovato’s Pronoun Change and the Freedom to Explore Our Identities
By Kollyn Conrad
Identity is very fluid, and Lovato shows us that it’s okay to change and evolve.
MoreThe Problem With Adoption and the Case for Doing it Anyway
By Cheryl Klein
“It’s a personal decision” sounds so pat, so unhelpful. So instead I’ll say this: Face the wave. If it calls to you, ride it.
MoreReview of The Power of the Dog
By Ken Stuckey
Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog might best be described in paradoxical terms like “languid thriller.” …
MorePeter Von Kant, A Review
By Richard Schneider
François Ozon’s new film was billed as a “Secret Screening” at the festival, as all information about it was embargoed. We knew only that John Waters described it as “a lu-lu,” and that description seems fair enough. …
MoreAngels and Outcasts
By Sharon Angel
Acceptance and dignity are essential to human living. They are human rights that every living breathing person inherits and deserves. When these freedoms are violated, a person’s identity is invalidated. No individual should have to fight for their survival.
MoreChrissy Judy: A Film Review
By Richard Schneider
Described by director Todd Flaherty, who stars in the film, as a labor of love, Chrissy Judy begins like the stereotypical show biz movie in which we watch some performers onstage singing or acting their hearts out—in this case a lip-syncing drag act.
MoreALL MAN: The International Male Story
By Richard Schneider
The “magazine/catalog” started publishing in the mid-1970s at a time when Sears and Macy’s were still airbrushing men’s bulges out of underwear ads. Not so International Male, which began to present men in a whole new way …
MoreLonesome: A Review
Film Review By Richard Schneider
The protagonist of Lonesome is one of those gay men that you would never pick out of a crowd, a taciturn cowboy from Australia’s cattle country who just happens to fancy the dudes.
MoreBenediction: Film Review
By Allen Ellenzweig
If not a rousing paean to the doughboys of the Somme or the gay poets who loved them, Benediction has a steady, stately tempo, several sharply etched performances, and a visual richness to counter the mournful nostalgia it imparts.
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